Re: No Exit & Sartre

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:31:32 GMT, Jonathan L Cunningham
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rec.arts.sf.composition:

[...]

> I still don't know whether we ever made an "addition table",
> but I don't *think* we ever just memorised it in the abstract,
> the way we did for multiplying.

I'm fairly sure that I did, though at this remove I couldn't
tell you just when.

> Adding "big" numbers (e.g. 47 + 23) would have been taught
> on squared paper, as 3+7 = 10, write 0, carry 1, etc. I can't
> imagine what "explanation" would be appropriate at that age
> group: probably something about "tens" and "units". (And all
> that experience with adding eggs, apples, cows etc. by then
> would have convinced most children that 3 <anything> +
> 5 <anything> = 8 <anything>, so "3 tens + 5 tens = 8 tens"
> would be taken on trust.)

> (And *no*, it's not obvious. Is it? :-)

3 water droplets + 5 water droplets = ...

Brian
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